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Hi all, since I was a kid, I always fancied making my own bows and cross-bows. Not much came from this regarding bows but I have built 3 crossbows, all of them with leafsprings. The first one I built was as a 15 year old kid as per design I found in a Popular Mechanics hard cover book in our school library, the second one was a modification of the design and was more of a " bow pistol" than anything else. Sadly, these were given away in a bout of stupidity.
The last one was built about10 years ago, again a modification of the original design but this time I lenghtened the stock and the bow length, still made from a vehicle leaf spring and a 1/4" cable as the string. All in all, it still needs additional mods, it is heavy, the bolt does not penetrate as much as what one would expect and the bolts are simply placed on top of the stock, so no downwards shooting or any funny moves, or the bolt falls off.
I thus hope to learn a lot on this forum.
Cheers,
Monty
The last one was built about10 years ago, again a modification of the original design but this time I lenghtened the stock and the bow length, still made from a vehicle leaf spring and a 1/4" cable as the string. All in all, it still needs additional mods, it is heavy, the bolt does not penetrate as much as what one would expect and the bolts are simply placed on top of the stock, so no downwards shooting or any funny moves, or the bolt falls off.
I thus hope to learn a lot on this forum.
Cheers,
Monty
Last edited by montie on Sun May 12, 2013 12:37 pm; edited 1 time in total
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